Medieval alliterative poetry
Subtitle: essays in honour of Thorlac Turville-Petre
By: John A. Burrow & Hoyt N. Duggan, editors
Contributors: Turville-Petre, Thorlac
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dublin; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781846821806
Subjects: Alliteration; History and criticism; English poetry
Description: This collection of essays celebrates Professor Thorlac Turville-Petre for his scholarly work in late medieval English literature, in particular for his contributions to editorial scholarship and Middle English alliterative poetry.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Thorlac Turville-Petre's publications; title: The view from Nottingham / Nicola Royan & Judith Jesch; title: 1. Langland and the Devotio Moderna: a spiritual kinship / Robert Adams; title: 2. The new lives of Piers Plowman / John A. Burrow; title: 3. Alliterative wombs / Michael Calabrese; title: 4. The end of the line / Hoyt N. Duggan; title: 5. The Blage manuscript and alliterative verse in the sixteenth century / A.S.G. Edwards; title: 6. Alliterative poetry in old Jerusalem: the Siege of Jerusalem and its sources / Andrew Galloway; title: 7. Humphrey and the werewolf / Richard F. Green; title: 8. The Tree of Charity {u2013} again / Ralph Hanna; title: 9. Divisions, collaboration and other topics: the table of contents in Cambridge, University Library, MS Gg.4.31 / Judith A. Jefferson; title: 10. The poetic character of the C-text of Piers Plowman / Derek Pearsall; title: 11. Cleanness and the tradition of biblical versification / Ad Putter; title: 12. The alliterative Awntyrs stanza in Older Scots verse / Nicola Royan; title: 13. On the road: Langland and some medieval outlaw stories / John Scattergood; title: 14. The sacramental significance of blood in Piers Plowman / A.V.C. Schmidt.